SYMPTOMS
Most people think that Lyme is just flu symptoms along with a headache and a bullseye rash. Lyme is so much more. Below, you will find the most comprehensive list. Please know that a patient will not have all these symptoms. Only 15% of patients, in a Yale study, ever remember a tick bite. Less than 50% of patients ever see a rash and it isn't always a bullseye rash. Lyme patients may have pain that comes and goes and migrates around their body. A week later, they may have digestive issues. Every patient is different. It depends how long they have been infected and what coinfections they may have. One patient only had frequent headaches and frequent upset stomach. When the young teenager started having her anxiety increase, she was tested and was CDC positive.
COGNITIVE ISSUES
Attention Deficit disorder
Brain fog - some have described it as an out-of-body experience.
Distorted memory of an event
Easily disoriented
Easily lost even after driving the same way every day.
Loss of patience
Memory issues so interrupts people so they don't forget what they wanted to say
Performance goes down at work or school.
Procrastinates
Response time is very limited
Short term memory
Trouble recognizing people
Trouble with spelling- letters may switch (dyslexia)
Unable to complete tasks
Unable to concentrate
Unable to make decisions
Unable to multi-task
Unable to make plans
Unable to process conversations
Unable to read
Unable to retain information
Mimics Alzheimers, many patients have been misdiagnosed with Alzheimers
DENTAL/MOUTH ISSUES
(Lyme Loves The Mouth)
Chronic gingivitis
Difficult to chew and/or swallow and/or talk
Infection in jaw bone
Many cavities
Jaw pain- may be misdiagnosed with TMJ or arthritis in the joint
Painful or swollen gums gums
Pain in mouth
Receding gums
Thinning enamel
Tooth pain
DIGESTIVE ISSUES